Dumping-wagon



(No Model.)

w. .& J.-H. LEONHARDT. 1

DUMPING WAGON.

Patented Mar. 25, 1884 VVZznesses fnventorv Attorneys N. PETERS. HmbLitlwgnpher. Washington. I C.

position. Fig. 3 is a similar view, the body view of a portion of the wagon.

the object being, in such improvements, to

to the sidewalk and thus obstructing travel in downward from each end toward the center,

UNITE-D STATES WILLIAM LEONHARDT AND J OHN H. LEON HARDT, OF BALTIMORE COUNTY MARYLAND.

DUMPING-WA-GON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,879,6ated March 25, 1884. Application filed September 18, 1883. (No model.)

To GZZ. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, \VILLIAM. LEONHARDT and JOHN H. LEONHARDT, residing inthe county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping W'agons or Carts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a wago'n embodying our improvement. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof, the running-gear being-omitted. showing the body in its elevated being tilted; and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional Our invention relates to that class of wagons or carts used for hauling coal and similar articles, in which the body is elevated and dumped; and it consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Dumping -wagons have usually been constructed so as to dump longitudinally depositing their load at the rear of the wagon. They have, however, of late been improved so that the body may be elevated above the level of the wheels and then turned sothat the load may be deposited on the side of the wagon,

obviate the necessity of backing the wagon up the streets. This object is accomplished in our improved wagon, but in a different manner, our construction permitting of the side dump. ing without the necessity of turning the body Referring to the drawings by letter, A is the wheels, and A the springs, of any ordinary running-gear suitable for wagons of this class.

B is the base or frame, upon which is mounted the body 0, which has its floor inclined and is supported upon the base B by suitable rests, 0, so that a firm bearing is furnished.

Upon each end of the base B is set up astandard, D, which is grooved on its front and on which the wagon-body G is dumped. The bar d" moves up and down in the groove (1* in the side of standard D, facing the wagon-body. From the bottom of this bar d a cord or rope, d, passes upward in the groove (1, over the pulley d at the top of the upright D, thence downward on the outside of the said upright, thence under the pulley d at the bottom of said upright to a shaft, h, upon which said cord or chain is wound in raising the body. 'Upon the end of-this shafth is mounted sprocketwagon-body. This end d forms the pivot up- I wheel H, which engages a second sprocketthe body is attached a pin E, upon each of which pins swings a ratchet-bar, e.

The pins E are ofa snfficientlength to permit the ratchetbar 6 to swing outside of standard D and between it and the chain (1.

e is a-loop-staple, or it'may be simply a pin, with which the teeth of the ratchet-bar 6 engage.

In the center of the wagon-body O, on its lower edge, is mounted a chute, F. I

G is a door, which is mounted in guides G on the sides of the wagon, and is moved up and down to open or close it through the medium of a pivoted bar, 9, limited in its movement by a loop, 9, and connected to the door G by meansof the bar The operation of my wagon is described as follows: The parts being in the position shown in Fig. l, by power applied to the handle-shaft h the cords or chains d are wound upon shaft h until the body of the wagon is raised to the desired height, as shown in Fig. 2, in which position it will remain by virtue of the engagement of the ratchet-bars 6 with the loop or pin 0. By releasing these teeth. from the loops e the body is left poised, so that it may be inclined sidewise in either direction, as in Fig. 3, in which position it can be secured by simply dropping the levers 6, so that their teeth may again engage the loop or pin (2. The contents of the wagon can now be unloaded by simply raising the door G, the inclination of the ends of the floor of the bodytoward the center and the inclination of the whole body sidewise causing all the coal to pass out through said door G. This construction fully accomplishes all the ends desired in this class of vehicles, is much cheaper and Simpler in construction, and consequently much less liable to get out of order. It is also much lighter-a very desirable end to be gained in dumping carts or wagons. It possesses an advantage over the turning and dumping wagon, in that it is not only dumped sidewise, but in dumping the body takes up no more room than when at rest, being dumped sidewise rather than endwise. 7

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

1. The body of a dumping wagon or cart 1 pivoted on its longitudinal axis and provided 1 with a door, G, on the side thereof, in combi nation with means, substantially as described, for dumping the body sidewise, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the body, pivoted at its ends, the swinging ratchetbars e, the standards D, and the pin or loop 6, as set forth.

3. The combination of the body 0, adjustable bar (1 having ends'd the base B, having standards 1), and the chains and pulleys, where b'y said bar (1 may be elevated, as set forth.

4. The combination of body 0, standards D, bar d", pulley d, chains d, shaft h, and its turning mechanism, asset forth.

5. A dumping cartorwagon the body whereof is pivoted at its ends and has its bottom inclined downward from each end toward the center, as and for the purpose set forth.

In' testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

XVILLIAM LEONHARDT. JOHN H. LEONHARDT. lVitn esses:

S. BRASHEARS, GEO. H. PISTEL. 

